Chapter 1 Section 7

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Anxiety Disorders Association of America

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Anxiety Disorders Association of America.
  • For the professional, there is a description of the association, a searchable list of members, and links to treatment programs and support organizations.
  • For the consumer, there is a viewable video about social anxiety by Donny Osmond, message board, chat room, and helpful brochures about anxiety disorders.
  • Useful chart comparing pros and cons of treatment options.

Center for Advanced Multimedia Psychotherapy

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Center for Advanced Multimedia Psychotherapy, California School of Professional Psychology Research and Service Foundation.
  • Click on “VR Therapies?for fears of driving, flying, spiders, claustrophobia, Agoraphobia, and social phobia. Some of the sections describe treatment protocols in detail, while others have pictures of the computer equipment and treatment setting.

Phobia Links

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Fredd Culbertson.
  • Directory of links to phobia Web sites.
  • Lists names for specific phobias.

Social-Anxiety.org

  • ºô¯¸«Ø¸mªÌ: Complete Medical Communications (UK), supported by a grant from SmithKline Beecham.
  • FAQs about social phobia.
  • Links for nonprofessionals to Web sites for support groups and other Web sites about social anxiety.

Virtual Reality Exposure Therapy

  • Fact sheet on virtual reality treatment for phobia, accompanied by pictures of the equipment and a few virtual reality images.